Michael Rabey received the letter below from You Kim-Hirata, the daughter of Shu Hirata. who spoke to the Club earlier this year. Shu told the moving story of his father’s families experiences after the bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. The father of Shu and one of his daughters survived the bombing. After the meeting we held a brief ceremony for the father and daughter at the Peace Bell. Michael loaned them the book by Seiko Takase, who is the daughter of Chiyoji Nakagawa, who created the first World Peace Bell and donated it to the United Nations in New York.

 

The second piece of news is to congratulate Warrick, Russell and Bill for conducting tours earlier this month through Lennox Gardens to the Peace Bell, as part of the Heritage Festival.  It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and among our the guests was Narelle Hargraves, the Chair of the Sister City Committee. About $300 was raised for the Club through the three tours.

 

Our next meeting be on 27 April at the Commonwealth Club at 12.15 for 12.30 pm. We will hear from Katherine Trebeck, who will talk about her book The Next Economy. In it she asks questions such as: What do we want from economic growth? What sort of a society are we aiming for?

 

 

If you are not able to perform your allocated duty, please arrange a replacement and advise the acting President. Please advise Stephen of any planned absences to avoid being rostered on while away.